Report in The Express Tribune, Oct 26, 2017. Blogger Aasim Saeed, who went missing in January 2017, has applied for asylum in Britain after alleging that he was tortured during his captivity. He was one of the five social media activists who vanished from different cities of Pakistan earlier this year before being released. Third missing activist found, flees country fearing for life: family Prior to his abduction, Saeed told the BBC, he had been…
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When the seven men who will rule China for the next five years stepped onto a stage in Beijing Wednesday, their ages were the focus of attention. Most important, none of the new Politburo Standing Committee members is young enough to take over from General Secretary Xi Jinping when his 10-year term in office is scheduled to end in 2022. The widespread conclusion inside China and beyond: The 64-year-old Mr. Xi intends to stay—and stay—as…
By Jeremy Page & Chun Han Wong in The Wall St Journal, Oct 26, 2017 (Print Hradline: ‘China’s Xi Gains a Longer Lease on Power) BEIJING—The future of 1.4 billion people, the world’s second-largest economy and an emerging military juggernaut now lies largely in the hands of just one man: China’s President Xi Jinping. In unveiling a new top leadership lineup without a potential successor to Mr. Xi on Wednesday, the Communist Party edged closer…
After decades of successful collaboration with the government, non-government organisations (NGOs) are currently experiencing an existential crisis in Bangladesh. Asian Development Bank in its profile of Bangladesh states that from relief and rehabilitation, microcredit loan programs, and education to strategies for water treatment and agriculture, NGOs have found a niche for themselves in the gap between society and state, seeking to promote the people’s welfare through grassroots initiatives and development programs. But between the new…
Report in BDNews24,com, Oct 25, 2017 at 23:35 hrs India supports the “government incumbency” during the general elections, and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has conveyed the message to the BNP chairperson during their meeting in Dhaka. Khaleda Zia met Sushma Swaraj at Hotel Sonargoan during her visit on Oct 22 and 23. “We cannot recommend a system which is contrary to us,” a diplomatic source in New Delhi who was present during the meeting…
Report in The Express Tribune, Oct 26, 2017 News Desk : Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday that Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed’s name was not on the list of 75 militants the US had handed over to Pakistan. “The Haqqani network is on the top of the list but none of the militants are Pakistanis,” Asif told senators during a session of the parliament’s upper house, Express News reported. The minister said the…
By Niharika Mandhana in The aWall St Journal, Oct 26, 2017 NEW DELHI—The U.S. and India agreed to work together more closely to bolster regional security and prevent other nations from providing safe spaces for terrorists, during a visit here by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said Wednesday the U.S. and India plan to hold three-way talks with Afghanistan aimed at increasing regional stability. Ms. Swaraj said the two sides…
By Annie Gowen in The Washington Post, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:02 AM NEW DELHI — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that “too many terrorist organizations” find refuge in Pakistan and reiterated his call for the country to do more to address a rising problem of terrorism within its borders that, he said, threatensto destabilize Pakistan itself. “There are too many terrorist organizations that find a safe place in Pakistan from which…